Heddle bar support



y 1945- I c. E. A. LAUSBERG 2,375,258

HEDDLE BAR SUPPORT Filed Dec. 14, 1943 ..mII HHHHM I INVENTOR.

Charla: 1 19. law Ze gf BY H TTOIP VEY Patented May 15, 1945 ,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEDDLE BAR SUPPORT Charles E. A. Lausberg, Paterson, N. J. Application December 14, 1943, Serial No. 514,294

2 Claims.

first plate, also having a recess to register with the first recess and to close the same and springcontrolled detent means for holding the two plates superimposed to lock the heddle bar in place; If-desired, the fixed plate can have a recess oneach side and two pivoting plates can be supplied so that the device will support two heddle bars.

This invention may be readily understood by I reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows a, side view of the support mecha-' nism, with the heddle frame and heddle bars shown'in section; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a side View of the support mechanism removed from the heddle frame and in open position to receive the heddle bars, with a portion broken away to show the detent construction; Fig.

- 5 is a side View of a device for holding a single heddle bar, and Fig. 6 is a View of the structure shown in Fig. 5 but taken at right angles and showing the device closed around a heddle bar.

In the drawing numeral 10 designates one of the rails of a heddle frame which is here shown as made of wood. Screwed into the frame memher It] is the pin l2 which carries a shoulder I ring' I4 and which,.if desired, may be made integral with thescrew 12'. Also preferably integral with thescrew I2 is a plate l6 having on each side a recess l8 shaped to receive a heddle bar-20. Pivoted on the respective sides of the plate 16 are the two plates 22 and 24 each of which has an enlarged recess 26 adapted to engage with a recess 18. Each of the plates 22 and 24 has at its freeenda notch 28.

Passing through the plate I6 is a pin 30 which carries at each end a, detent .member 32. v A

spring 34 surrounds the member 12 and forces the detent members 32 away from the heddle frame. It will be noted that each of the detents 32 has a shoulder which, when such detent is engaged, overlies the outer face of the platewhich it engages so that bending of suchplate away from plate I6 is prevented. The detents thus lock the swinging plates firmly to the fixed plate as regards both swinging and bending. I

The screw member 12 is screwed into the heddle support as shown in Fig. 2 and the plates 22v and 24 are swung down as indicated in'Fig. 4. The heddle bars 20 are then located in the recesses I 8 and the plates 22 and 24 are swung upwardly. Their curved corners will serve to lift the detent members 32 which will snap back into place in the recesses 28 when these plates are in position as shown in Fig. 1.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the plate I! has a single recess l9 and carries a single pivoted plate 23 which has a not-ch 29 that cooperates with the detent member 33.

This device is extremely simple and can be readily opened by simply lifting the detent device, but the heddle bars are firmly held in place and will not become loosened by twisting or other strains to which they may be subjected in use and the same mechanism which is used to lock the heddle bars in place also serves to give added support, to them during regular operations.

It is understood that the foregoing examples are given by way of illustration in order that my "device and the best way of utilizing the same may be readily understood, but it is not intended that the examples should serve by way of limitation,

as various modifications thereof may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. A heddle bar support comprising a plate, means for attaching said plate to a heddle frame in a plane transverse the line of the heddle bar,

notch in the swinging end of such second plate,

a detent vslidably carried relative to said first plate and spring tensioned toward said notch, said detent havinga portion to engage said notch to hold said plate against pivoting and an overhanging shoulder to engage the outer face of the swinging plate when the device is closed.

2. A structure asspecified in claim 1 in which vthefirst plate has two recesses respectively opening on opposite edges and which includes two pivotally mounted plates adapted to close such recesses and two detents to engage such plates, which detents are interconnected so as to be operated simultaneously.

CHARLES E. A. LAUSBERG. 

